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This depends from country to country!

In some countries, or states, life sentenced actually means life sentenced - so, untill they die.

However, when a person in the Netherlands (just an example) gets life sentenced we're normally speaking of 20 years, with a maximum extention to that, of 10 years (making it 30).

You will get mental care after that, so it might be considered as life sentenced after all.

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